Produce Handler

Scarecrow Farm is hiring for the Produce Handler position in Lawton, IA. This hands-on role supports the operation's day-to-day production and care work. Reliable execution and early communication matter because the work directly affects plants, animals, equipment, coworkers, customers, or the surrounding property. What you will do • Seed, transplant, cultivate, irrigate, harvest, wash, pack, and store crops according to the farm's plan and food-safety procedures. • Use and care for assigned hand tools, wash-pack equipment, carts, and field equipment within training. • Monitor crops and communicate pest, disease, water, weather, quality, or harvest-timing concerns promptly. • Receive, sort, stage, and restock the farm's produce according to condition, variety, and the supervisor's display or storage plan. • Move harvest containers and saleable product carefully between field, back-stock, retail, or attraction areas without bruising or contaminating produce. • Keep handling tables, containers, carts, storage areas, and displays orderly and alert the lead to quality, inventory, or sanitation concerns. How the work fits together Farm priorities follow crop condition, weather, harvest commitments, and customer orders. The crew checks urgent irrigation and harvest needs first, then moves through field production, post-harvest handling, accurate packing, storage, and cleanup. Each employee's work affects both crop life and the quality customers receive. At Scarecrow Farm, the employer also makes these role-specific priorities clear: Receive, sort, stage, and restock the farm's produce according to condition, variety, and the supervisor's display or storage plan. Move harvest containers and saleable product carefully between field, back-stock, retail, or attraction areas without bruising or contaminating produce. Keep handling tables, containers, carts, storage areas, and displays orderly and alert the lead to quality, inventory, or sanitation concerns. What the employer is looking for • Applicants must be at least 16, as stated on Scarecrow Farm's application page. • Reliable fall availability, careful produce handling, and willingness to contribute to a positive customer experience as part of the farm team. • Dependable attendance, direct communication, and willingness to follow the employer's safety, quality, and customer- or production-care procedures. • Ability to complete the role's active, in-person work and to ask for instruction before using unfamiliar tools, equipment, products, or animal-handling methods. Schedule, conditions, and compensation The employer identifies this as a fall opening but does not publish numeric pay, exact weekly hours, benefits, or final season dates for Produce Handler on the employment page. The employer does not publish a numeric wage range on this page, so no compensation has been estimated. Applicants should confirm the final hours, overtime treatment, starting assignment, travel or reporting point, supplied equipment, and benefit eligibility directly with the employer before accepting an offer. This is an in-person agricultural production position with a small operation. Daily priorities can change with weather, plant or animal condition, equipment availability, customer schedules, and the season. The successful person should arrive ready to work, communicate early when a task or condition is unclear, follow the employer's safety and quality procedures, and leave tools, vehicles, production areas, and job sites secure and ready for the next shift. Applicants should expect active work that may include long periods of standing or walking, bending, lifting, repetitive hand tasks, noise, dust, mud, pollen, heat, cold, rain, or work around moving equipment. The exact physical demands differ by assignment. Candidates should discuss any accommodation needs with the employer and confirm the final schedule, overtime treatment, training period, travel expectations, and benefit eligibility before accepting an offer. Only compensation and benefits expressly published by the employer are included here; unpublished terms have not been estimated. How to apply Use Scarecrow Farm's direct Apply Now form and choose Produce Handlers; questions may be sent to info@scarecrowfarm.com.